Moonlander

Moby ID: 89879

Released

1973 on Mainframe

Credits

1 person

Publishers

Digital Equipment Corporation

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 1 players

Genre: Simulation
Perspective: Side view
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Real-time
Interface: Direct control
Vehicular: Space flight
Vehicle simulator

Business Model: Commercial
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Light Pen
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

See Also

Moonlander (1978 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Moonlander (2011 on Xbox 360)

Description

Moonlander is the first graphical real-time version of Lunar Lander. It was commissioned by DEC to showcase the capabilities of the DEC GT40 graphics terminal.

The game showed a side-view of a mountainous lunar landscape in vector graphics. The lander would drop down and it was up to the player to make sure it would land on a flat surface without too much velocity. Using the light pen the direction and throttle of the thruster could be adjusted.

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Credits (Mainframe version)

Programmed by

Jack Burness

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MobyGames ID: 89879

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Game added June 5, 2017. Last modified March 6, 2024.